Criminal Justice

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How the Madoff mess hits women

Nancy Goldstein | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Criminal Justice System, Reproductive Rights, Bernard Madoff, Criminal Justice, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Drug Policy, Politics News

Cross posted from Salon's Broadsheet For all the ink that's been spilled on the Madoff investment scandal, I've read nothing about its impact on fund...

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Blagojevich: Resign Now

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 12.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Blagojevich, Criminal Justice, Impeachment, Corrupt Politicians, Rod Blagojevich Corruption, Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama, Home News

Haven't we all had enough of these politicians using their offices for self-enhancement on the backs of our tax dollars?

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Nothing About the Prosecution of Don Siegelman Escapes the Taint of Corruption

David Fiderer | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alabama Political Prosecutions, Jack Abramoff, Karl Rove, Don Siegelman, US Attorney Scandal, Criminal Justice, Justice Department, Rove Alabama, Politics News

Louis Franklin's indictment of Siegelman is a recurring stunt that you see over and over in Alabama and elsewhere in the South.

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Defending Liberty: How to Shift the Center

Shahid Buttar | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election 2008 Coverage, Malik Rahim, Youth Vote, Surveillance, Decriminalization, Criminal Justice, War on Drugs, Libertarian Party, Housing Crisis, Marriage Equality, Politics, Liberty, Education, Democratic Electoral Strategy, Climate Change, Green Party, Healthcare, Congressional Elections, Politics News

While Obama has supported many LGBT rights in the past and favors secular civil unions as a solution to the inequality currently imposed, he has stopped short of calling for full marriage equality.

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Defending the Damned Author Kevin Davis on The Interview Show

Mark Bazer | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Poverty, Kevin Davis, Public Defender, Cook County Public Defender's Office, Defending the Damned, Cook County Criminal Justice System, Chicago Public Defender, Criminal Justice, The Hideout, Chicago News

Journalist Kevin Davis, the author of Defending the Damned: Inside Chicago's Cook County Public Defender's Office, recently appeared on a talk show I host at the Hideout. Here is video of the interview.

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Many Holes in Candidates' Positions on Criminal Justice

NYCity News Service | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Incarceration Rates, Illinois State Senate, Economic Crisis, Sentencing Project, Criminal Justice, Obama Death Penalty, Criminal Justice Obama, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Death Penalty, Election 2008, Criminal Justice Mccain, Campaign 2008, Mccain Death Penalty, John McCain, Home News

With less than one week left before voters' caste their ballots, questions about Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama's positions on incarceration and criminal justice remain unanswered.

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Irene Fernandez: The Best or Worst of Malaysia?

Suzette Standring | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

It is a textbook case of laws being used to crush critics of governmental operations. Malaysia may be 9,296 miles from the US, but authorities seeking to silence protest is universal.

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Chicago Police, Burge And Current Interrogation Practices

Tracy Siska | Posted 10.27.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Interrogation, Criminal Justice, Chicago Police, Burge, Torture, Jon Burge Torture, John Burge, Jon Burge, Psychological Torture, Burge Torture, Civil Rights, Chicago News

For all the bellowing about the fact that more should have been done twenty years ago to stop Burge, nothing is being done to stop the illegal and abusive tactics of today.

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Obama Vs McCain: OTB Policy Wonks Weigh In On Where The Candidates Stand On Key Issues

Off The Bus | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home

As the Wall Street crisis and recent bombing in Pakistan have made all too clear, there are crucial global, financial and social issues that the next president will be focused to grapple with. This week OffTheBus writers have tossed aside the lipstick and plunged into some of the most pressing issues in the election by analyzing key policy differences between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain.

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A(nother) Beautiful Child is Killed: What Should We Do With Her Murderers?

Harold Pollack | Posted 09.28.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Capital Punishment, Nequiel Fowler, Death Penalty Moratorium, Crime, Death Penalty Debate, Nequiel Fowler Killed, Death Penalty, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty Costs, Illinois Death Penalty, Chicago Crime, Chicago Gangs, Death Penalty Reform, Chicago News

I've seen nothing to suggest that we accomplish much by brutalizing the small and troubled people who commit atrocities. Killing these four gang bangers who murdered Nequiel Fowler does nothing to honor or memorialize this beautiful child.

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Obama's Approach To Fighting Crime Actually Based On Research

Heather Tirado Gilligan and Nikki Jones | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama, Crime, Crack Cocaine, Sentencing Laws, Joe Biden, Criminal Justice, Obama Biden, Civil Rights, John McCain, Racial Disparities, Policy Coverage, Election 2008, Rehabilitation, Drug Laws, Mandatory Minimums, Home News

The Obama/Biden plan is neither abstract nor ideological--it targets the root causes of racial disparity in the criminal justice system in the United States.

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Andrew Young's Criminal Record And The John Edwards Scandal

Lee Stranahan | Posted 08.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Law, Criminal Justice, Rielle Hunter, John McCain, Andrew Young, John Edwards Affair, Edwards Affair, Andrew Young John Edwards, Andrew Young Edwards, Andrew Young Baby Edwards, Andrew Young and John Edward, Andrew Young and John Edwards, John Edwards and Andrew Young, John Edwards, Politics News

Public records searches reveal a history of criminal charges and convictions that paint a potentially different picture of Andrew Young than that of a typical campaign worker.

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Criminal Justice: One Of The Enormous Non-Issues Of Presidential Politics

James Freedman | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

A candidate like Obama -- who says "thoughtful things" and actually speaks in "paragraphs" as opposed to soundbites -- might be willing to address the topic. But don't hold your breath.

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Conviction in the Murder of Victor Jara -- 35 Years Late

Bob Harris | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Activism, Salvador Allende, Chile, Criminal Justice, Music, Victor Jara, Pinochet, Augusto Pinochet, Allende, Politics News

Last week -- almost thirty-five years after the fact, and nearly two decades after the end of the dictatorship -- a Chilean court has found a retired colonel, Mario Manriquez Bravo, guilty in the murder of Victor Jara.

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After Guantánamo

Kenneth Roth | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo, Criminal Justice, Torture, Jose Padilla, Guantanamo Detainees, Politics News

Everyone wants to close Guantánamo, but what comes next? How should we deal with the hard core criminals who have allegedly committed or plotted terrorist acts?

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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: How Judges Make You Do the Time Even If You Didn't Do the Crime

David Feige | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Drugs, Criminal Justice, Drug Sentencing, War on Drugs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing, Acquitted Conduct, Politics News

Not only have many defendants been sentenced for stuff the jury acquitted them of, but yesterday the Supreme Court refused to do anything about it.

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Lies, and the Crying Liars Who Tell Them

Ashleigh Banfield | Posted 02.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Criminal Justice, Susan Smith, Scott Peterson, Bobby Cutts Jr., Media News

Criminal defendants who lie through their tears in an effort to engender our sympathy deserve an extra consecutive sentence tagged onto their punishment.

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Nifong, Gitmo and the Topless Undercover: The Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories of 2007

David Feige | Posted 01.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Duke, Warantless Eavesdropping, Crime, New Year, Crack Cocaine, Padilla, Policing, 2007, Libby, Criminal Justice, Pot, Topless Undercover, Michael Vick, Gitmo, Habeas Corpus, Home News

If there is one truism about America it is this: we are obsessed with crime and punishment. Every lurid tragedy produces calls for tougher laws and ...

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